Mexican Immigration in the 1920's (Part 2)

Mexican Immigration in the 1920's (Doc B & C)

(This is a Performance Investigation)

Standard: Standard #5 Relationships among people, places, ideas and environments are dynamic

D1.5: Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of view represented in the sources, the types of sources available, and the potential uses of the sources. 

D3.1: Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection. 

D3.4: Use evidence to develop and support a claim in response to a compelling question.

Learning Objective....

Students should be able to evaluate, consider, and explain what the relationship between the United States and Mexican Immigrants was like, in the 1920's, by examining several historical documents.

Consider the relationship between both the United States and Mexican Immigrants...

...who got more out of this relationship, the United States or Mexican immigrants???

Today we will go over Documents B and C...

But first a few refresher questions...

Multiple Choice

From the video, the Mexican Revolution was big factor for Mexicans to immigrate to the US, was that a...

• Push factor

• Pull factor

Multiple Choice

From yesterday's video how much did a Mexican Immigrant have to pay to become a legal resident in America?

• $1000

• $80

• $8

• There was not cost to become a citizen.

Ok, now back to the documents...

Multiple Choice

(Sourcing) What kind of source is this? Where is it from?

• This is a speech

• This is a newspaper

• This is a letter

• This is from a book

Poll

Close reading) What kinds of training were offered to the Mexican students of the Americanization programs? What does this suggest about the kinds of jobs that were available to Mexicans in the United States at the time?

• Women took Home economics classes, perhaps to learn American cooking.

• Industrial education was offered (learning factory type jobs).

• Home nursing classes are taken to help fill the need for nurses.

• Lots of English classes are being taken, to help assimilate Mexican Immigrants to American society.

Open Ended

(Close reading) What does the last paragraph of the account reveal about the treatment of Mexicans in the U.S. at the time? (Please give me one full sentence, how what you think treatment is like)

"Bisbee is to have a new Mexican school house ready for occupation within a short time. This building will contain 16 class rooms, five of which will be devoted to industrial education"

Open Ended

Tell me why you think this document supports or does not support that Mexicans were welcomed in the U.S. in the 1920s? (One sentence please)

Multiple Choice

(Sourcing) Who was Ernesto Galarza?

• He was the first Mexican immigrant that enlisted in the US military

• Mexican American labor activist, professor, and writer

• He inspired Marcus Garvey to create a movement to Africa.

• He played 2nd base of the Yankees in 1926

Multiple Choice

(Sourcing) What was his purpose for giving this talk?

• He was reassuring the beliefs most Americans had about Mexican immigrants.

• He thinks Mexican Immigrants should go back to Mexico

• his purpose for presenting this was to offer the perspective of a Mexican immigrant.

• He was arguing for mix race marriage laws for Mexican immigrants.

Multiple Select

(Close reading) How did Galarza describe life for Mexicans in the U.S.? Give two examples from the text.

• "The Mexican immigrant still feels the burden of old prejudices"

• He was born in Mexico and immigrated to Sacramento with his family at the age of 8

• "an empire has been created largely by the brawn of the humble Mexican, who laid the rails and topped the beets and poured the cubic miles of cement"

• "these builders of colossal fortunes have done their jobs and gone their ways still clothed in rags."

Open Ended

Based on this document, were Mexicans welcome in the United States in the 1920s? (Please give me 1 full sentence)